08 Jul Backdoored Torrents Infect Movie, TV Fans with GoBot2 Malware TV show and movie fans are being targeted by a malicious campaign that distributes a GoBot2 backdoor variant via files downloaded from several South Korean and Chinese torrent sites. […]
07 Jul Libra Cryptocurrency Scams Already Active Ahead Of 2020 Launch No sooner had Facebook announced Libra cryptocurrency and the matching digital Calibra wallet that cybercriminals tried to get a head start on a new phishing theme. […]
07 Jul Mozilla Firefox Protection Report to Show Blocked Tracker Stats Mozilla Firefox will soon generate a “Protection Report” that shows a daily summary of the types and amounts of trackers that were blocked using the browser’s Content Blocking feature. […]
06 Jul Industry Breach Alert Published by US National Trade Association ALTA American Land Title Association (ALTA) published a warning about hundreds of title company records having been supposedly stolen as part of a phishing campaign targeting ALTA members. […]
06 Jul Beware of Fake Microsoft OneNote Audio Note Phishing Emails Phishing scammers are coming up with more innovative methods to convince their targets to provide login credentials. Such is the case with a new OneNote Audio Note phishing campaign that is currently underway. […]
05 Jul Maryland Govt Agency Breach Exposes Names, SSNs of 78K People The Maryland Department of Labor (Maryland DoL) published a press release today explaining that sensitive information of roughly 78,000 customers including names and social security numbers was accessed by an unauthorized party. […]
05 Jul The Week in Ransomware – July 5th 2019 – Shadiness in the Sunshine State This week is a double edition covering the ransomware news between June 22nd and July 5th. The biggest news is Florida getting beat up by ransomware, the increasing usage of exploit kits, and a strong push by Sodinokibi. […]
05 Jul Over $800,000 Stolen by Scammers in Atlanta Area City BEC Fraud Over $800,000 were stolen from the City of Griffin, Georgia, by scammers in a BEC (Business Email Compromise) attack by redirecting two transactions to their own bank accounts according to local media sources. […]
05 Jul Automated Magecart Campaign Hits Over 960 Breached Stores A large-scale payment card skimming campaign that successfully breached 962 e-commerce stores was discovered today by Magento security research company Sanguine Security. […]
05 Jul Samsung Update App with 10M+ Installs Charges for Free Firmware An Android app with over 10 million installations on Google Play attempts to trick Samsung phone users into paying for their firmware updates, which are available free of charge from the vendor. […]